NEXT MOVE · WITHIN THE HOUR
1. Write a one page case study
60 minProblem, what Budget Garden does, what you set up or changed, results (seeds planted), what you learned. Add screenshots and the contract link.
OWNER PLAYBOOK · VOYAGE CHART
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Prove your skills with it
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WHY THIS ROUTE
Owning, running and improving Budget Garden shows the work of a governance and civic tech developer, with a live contract and users as proof.
ARRIVED LOOKS LIKE
A public case study, a live demo link and at least one interview or client call that came from it within 60 days.
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2. Ship one visible improvement
90 minPick a small change (copy, a filter, a new chart) and ship it so your repo shows your own commits.
3. Pin it everywhere
20 minAdd the case study to LinkedIn, X, GitHub and your resume.
FIRST MESSAGE · X OR LINKEDIN POST · TO YOUR NETWORK
I own and run Budget Garden on Optimism. It gives every resident equal seeds to plant across proposals, shows the garden bloom live, and pays the winners by contract with receipts. Here is what I built, what broke and what I learned: [case study link]. Feedback welcome.
4. Send it to 5 people who hire governance and civic tech developers
30 minAsk for feedback, not a job.
FIRST MESSAGE · LINKEDIN OR X DM · TO A HIRING MANAGER OR FOUNDER
Hi [name], I run Budget Garden, live on Optimism with [X] users. Here is a one page case study: [link]. Would you tell me what you'd want to see from a governance and civic tech developer that this does not show yet?
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